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Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, What Du Bois noted has gone largely unstudied until now. In this book, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham gives us our first full account of the crucial role of black women in making the church a powerful institution for social and political change in the black community. Between and , the black church served as the most effective vehicle by which men and women alike, pushed down by racism and poverty, regrouped and rallied against emotional and physical defeat. Focusing on the National Baptist Convention, the largest religious movement among black Americans, Higginbotham shows us how women were largely responsible for making the church a force for self-help in the black community. In her account, we see how the efforts of women enabled the church to build schools, provide food and clothing to the poor, and offer a host of social welfare services. And we observe the challenges of black women to patriarchal theology. Class, race, and gender dynamics continually interact in Higginbotham's nuanced history. She depicts the cooperation, tension, and negotiation that characterized the relationship between men and women church leaders as well as the interaction of southern black and northern white women's groups. Higginbotham's history is at once tough-minded and engaging. It portrays the lives of individuals within this movement as lucidly as it delineates feminist thinking and racial politics. She addresses the role of black Baptist women in contesting racism and sexism through a "politics of respectability" and in demanding civil rights, voting rights, equal employment, and educational opportunities. "Righteous Discontent" finally assigns women their rightful place in the story of political and social activism in the black church. It is central to an understanding of African American social and cultural life and a critical chapter in the history of religion in America. Acquista Ora
Then Again
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Keaton, Diane, PUBLISHER: Random House, ""Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall. For example, the word THINK. I found THINK thumbtacked on a bulletin board in her darkroom. I saw it Scotch-taped on a pencil box she'd collaged. I even found a pamphlet titled THINK on her bedside table. Mom liked to THINK."" So begins Diane Keaton's unforgettable memoir about her mother and herself. In it you will meet the woman known to tens of millions as "Annie Hall, " but you will also meet, and fall in love with, her mother, the loving, complicated, always thinking Dorothy Hall. To write about herself, Diane realized she had to write about her mother, too, and how their bond came to define both their lives. And so, in a remarkable act of creation, Diane not only reveals herself to us, she also lets us meet in intimate detail her mother. Throughout her life, Dorothy kept eighty-five journals--literally thousands of pages--in which she wrote about her marriage, her children, and, most probingly, about herself. Dorothy also recorded memorable stories about Diane's grandparents. Diane has sorted through all these pages to paint an unflinching portrait of her mother--a woman restless with intellectual and creative energy struggling to find an outlet for her talents--as well as her entire family, recounting a story that spans four generations and nearly a hundred years. More than just the autobiography of a legendary actress, "Then Again" is a book about a very American family with very American dreams. Diane will remind you of yourself, and her bonds with her family will remind you of your own relationships with those you love the most.
Sword & Salve: Confronting New Wars and Humanitarian Crises
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hoffman, Peter J. / Weiss, Thomas George, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Arguing forcefully that changing times are a clarion call for new thinking, this book convincingly shows that if humanitarian organizations continue to operate as they have in the past, they will fail to help the very victims whom they try to save. Focusing especially on the emergence of _new wars,_ Hoffman and Weiss insist that humanitarian organizations must recognize that they live in a political world and that their actions and goals are invariably affected by military action. The brand of warfare that erupted in the s-marked by civil or transnational armed conflicts featuring potent non-state actors, altered political economies, a high proportion of civilian casualties, and a globalized media-produced horrors that shocked consciences and led humanitarian agencies to question their unyielding stance of neutrality and impartiality. Indeed, in a departure from earlier norms and practices, some have reinvented their policies and tools and created _new humanitarianisms._ This authoritative book traces the evolution of the international humanitarian system from its inception in the s, parses the dynamics of war and emergency response from the s through the current disasters in Afghanistan and Iraq, and provides a strategic roadmap for practitioners. By bringing historical perspective to bear, this volume provides an invaluable analytical framework for grasping the nature of humanitarian crises and how agencies can respond strategically rather than reactively to change. Students will find its blend of clearly presented theory and case studies a powerful tool for understanding the roles of state and non-state actors in international relations. By charting the tides of continuity and change, this book will prepare agencies to dodge both figurative and actual bullets that threaten humanitarian action at the outset of the millennium.
Art: Sublimation or Sympton
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Parveen / Restuccia, Frances L., PUBLISHER: Other Press (NY), "This book extends our map of the articulations that link art and psychoanalysis into a new understanding of what they do for and to each other. Between Lacan and Freud, Caravaggio and Joyce, Hitchcock and Cronenberg, the authors work through the methods of art and the structures of psychoanalytic thinking about art to show us that the roles of sublimation and displacement, symptom and enunciation are at once discursive and aesthetic. The partial identifications of the object and discourse, their incomplete relationships and overlappings between them, constitute a new kind of knowledge. If there is one that lies outside the established boundaries of cultural and psychoanalytic studies, then these essays take a step toward disclosing it, inventing it, and giving it a name." -Adrian Rifkin, Professor of Visual Culture and Media at Middlesex University and author of "Ingres: Then, and Now" "With Art: Sublimation or Symptom, Parveen Adams breaks new ground in a remarkable career during which she has made some of the most original and inspiring contributions to psychoanalytic theory as it explores the artifice of cultural form. In the company of her gifted and insightful collaborators, Adams explores the psychic and semiotic crises of creation. The making of art as symptom, they suggest, engages the enigmatic 'lack' or 'void' of both sign and subject. Why do we take perverse pleasure in being strung out by the experience of art, placed somewhere between semblance and signification, beyond the mimetic consolations of coherence, reference, and recognition? Psychoanalysis may not have all the answers, but it has the deepest insights into the insatiable desire that drives us to ask such difficult questions. With Art: Sublimation or Symptom, Parveen Adams has, once again, orchestrated a profound and patient inquiry into some of the most urgent cultural issues that face us today." -Homi K. Bhabha, Rothenberg Professor of Literature, Harvard University
Gioco x PS3 Sing It Disney High School Musical 3 NUOVO
Vendo per PlayStation3 nuovo, originale, chiuso sigillato nella sua confezione a 5,00 euro videogame Sing It Disney (High School Musical 3) PS3 edizione italiana. E' tempo di High School Musical! Finalmente esce la versione karaoke di High School Musical 3, che ti permetterĂ di interpretare i successi dei tre film e rivivere in compagnia di Troy, Gabriella e i tuoi amici Wilcats. Vivi l'ultimo anno di scuola in compagnia di High School Musical! Caratteristiche: - Contiene i successi dei tre film, e ti permette di interpretare i tuoi protagonisti preferiti e di sfidare i tuoi amici in sfide multigiocatore. - Contiene l'esclusivissima scuola di canto di High School Musical che ti permette di migliorare le tue capacitĂ canore durante l'interpretazione. Lingue: - Gioco in Italiano, Inglese, Tedesco, Francese, Spagnolo e Olandese Condizioni del prodotto: - Nuovo Sigillato Manuale: - Italiano Genere: - Casual Games Numero Giocatori: - 8 Multiplayer: - No CANZONI Dance In The Rythen If You Wanna Be (Cast) Hollywood In School (Cast) It Will Never End (Cast) I Am Over You (Cast) I Was Thinking About Everything (Cast) Laughter (Cast) Let's See It (Cast) Miss Is Coming To Here (Cast) Mixin' My Turn (Cast) Our Prom Time (Cast) The Dress (Cast) Now Or Never (Cast) Right Here, Right Now (Gabriella And Troy) I Want It All (Sharpay And Ryan) Can I Have This Dance? (Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron) Just Wanna Be With You (Ryan, Kelsi, Troy, And Gabriella) A Night To Remember (Cast) The Boys Are Back (Troy And Chad) Walk Away (Gabriella) Scream (Troy) Spring Musical Medley (Cast) We're All In This Together (Cast) High School Musical (Cast) Last Chance (Cast) Per ULTERIORI INFORMAZIONI CONTATTATEMI (anche al 347/), sarĂ un piacere rispondere ad ogni vostro quesito! Sono disponibile a spedizioni in tutta Italia e alla consegna diretta in zona Bologna, Ferrara, o Rovigo
The Hidden Agenda: A Look Beyond the Emerging Church
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Voerman, Jan, PUBLISHER: Teach Services, The age of Aquarius is with us; the age of the Spirit. We are living in a time of transition. Success in today's world will depend on our ability to change. Is it a change for the better if we follow the new mind set? The Hidden Agenda will give you clear insight.Did you ever wonder what is going on in the churches? Where are we heading to? We are urged to leave the old paths behind. Traditional methods and insights are outdated. We are confronted with new forms of worship: popular music styles, contemplative spirituality, seeker friendly messages, and new truths and insights. Church growth leaders aim at mega churches. A new way of thinking is propagated and everybody should toe the line Is the current revival a blessing or is it a counterfeit movement? Read how a destructive tsunami of signs and wonders rolls across the world claiming millions of unsuspecting victims. The Hidden Agenda not only sounds a clear warning but shows the way out."As we face these last 'perilous times' of earth's history, we can be grateful we have authors such as Jan Voerman. His latest research, The Hidden Agenda, is a 'must read' for church leadership and members alike." -E. Bruce Price, retired Pastor, Evangelist"Jan Voerman has lifted the veil exposing the New Age compromises and deceptions that are being currently accepted into today's churches."-Professor K. M Demsky, Andrews University..".a timely discussion of the importance of worship style and the theological meaning behind current evangelical worship trends."-Karen Abrahamson, MA, Ph. D."Jan Voerman's book deals with very broad and often subtle issues involved in the mega church movement that are too little recognized, and thus deserve careful examination."-Dr. A. Leroy MooreJan Voerman studied in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. He is a profound writer.
Mosby's Paramedic Textbook
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sanders, Mick J., PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, -- Extensively updated throughout to conform to the guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care including a completely rewritten cardiology chapter. Thoroughly updated and extensively illustrated, the revised reprint of Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 2nd Edition provides complete coverage of prehospital care in a single, comprehensive text. Its table of contents parallels the new United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) paramedic national standard curriculum, giving readers all the resources they need to pass local, state, and national examinations. The text explains the paramedic's role, the unique characteristics of prehospital care, the how-to's of patient assessment and emergency care for acutely ill and traumatically injured patients, and the principles and practice of emergency cardiac care, emergency pharmacology, infectious diseases, pediatric and geriatric emergencies, and much more. A valuable resource for both paramedic students and practicing paramedics, it keeps the reader abreast of evolving trends in the prehospital emergency care arena while laying the foundation for successful certification or recertification. -- Corresponds with the eight major divisions of the U.S. DOT's Paramedic national Standard Curriculum. -- Access to Merlin, a dedicated web site that provides additional up-to-date tools and resources. -- Four New appendixes provide valuable supplemental content on Lifespan Development, Injury Prevention. -- Many New chapters, New Critical Thinking questions in each chapter and New Tricks of the Trade boxes throughout. -- Includes more than 200 New illustrations, totaling approximately 950 line drawings, photos, and colorillustrations. -- Includes an extensive pedagogy and provides a complete Glossary. -- Follows the U.S. DOT National Standard curriculum to prepare the student for local, state, and national certification -- all in one comprehensive textbook. -- Outlines cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias in Leads I, II, III, and MCL1, as well as electrophysiology; 12-lead ECG monitoring; thrombolytic therapy; and current treatment modalities as recommended by the American Heart Association. -- Emergency Drug Index appendix provides brief drug monographs on more than 70 emergency drugs.
Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Anaya, Rudolfo A. / Enriquez, Gaspar, PUBLISHER: Cinco Puntos Press, The heroic life of labor and civil rights activist CA(c)sar ChavA(c)z greatly influenced the political and creative thinking of famed Chicano novelist Rudolfo Anaya. After ChavA(c)z' death in , Anaya wrote this poem eulogizing the man and his life's work. Echoing Shelley's elegy on the death of John Keats, the poem expresses the grief of la gente, but closes by calling all peoples together to continue the non-violent struggle for freedom and justice. The book-endorsed by the CA(c)sar ChavA(c)z Foundation-includes an essay by Anaya detailing the effect that ChavA(c)z had on his own vision and a chronology of ChavA(c)z' life. Powerful super realistic illustrations by Gaspar Enriquez bring home the significance of CA(c)sar ChavA(c)z to the American cultural landscape. "CA(c)sar ChavA(c)z' accomplishments in fighting for the rights of farm workers, civil rights, environmental justice, and non-violence stand next to two of the 20th century's greatest leaders-Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."-Carlos Santana Rudolfo Anaya (his classic novel "Bless Me, Ultima" has -plus in print) has earned international acclaim for his skillful mingling of realism, fantasy and myth while exploring the experiences of Hispanics in the American Southwest. Besides being the author of numerous novels and children's books, Mr. Anaya has been called "the godfather of Chicano literature" and "un hijo del pueblo" for his work as an activist for the literature of his people and his region. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Artist Gaspar Enriquez is nationally known for his super-realistic, airbrush paintings of young men and women from the barrios of his hometown El Paso. Using the same technique, he collaged images of CA(c)sar ChavA(c)z, farm workers, police, newspaper article, fields of grapes and icons of La Raza and AztlAn to create the ambiance of the life and times of this hero.
IsoTek EVO3 Optimum l (C7/2.0 Metri/Schuko)
GARANZIA 2 ANNI - SPEDIZIONE IN ORE skype:dsdhomecinema o The Optimum is the fourth of IsoTekââŹ(TM)s high-performance power cables to be upgraded to the new advanced EVO3 (Evolution 3) version, and is clearly positioned at the top of the range. The new EVO3 Optimum delivers radical advances over its predecessor, the earlier GII version. Cutting-edge thinking in terms of conductor geometries has been combined with excellent materials to develop a cable of superlative quality. At the OptimumââŹ(TM)s core are three silver plated copper conductors made from Ohno Continuous Cast (OCC) copper. The OCC process for refining copper, developed and patented by Professor Ohno of JapanââŹ(TM)s Chiba Institute of Technology, gives a vastly superior level of purity compared with traditional OFC copper. The benefits for audio and AV applications include outstanding electrical conductivity along with improved flexibility and resistance to fatigue and corrosion. Each of the three 3.0sqmm conductors features a new and innovative square-shaped configuration of 40 strands, each strand also being of square cross-section. This unique design provides an enlarged inter-strand contact surface, further enhancing electrical conductivity. A high quality Teflon FEP dielectric (insulation) is extruded over each conductor, providing a very low dielectric constant over a wide frequency range. The three conductors are given a slight rotational twist to aid RFI and EMI rejection, and are then surrounded by a cotton filler which, as well is adding internal strength and reducing microphony, also possesses superb dielectric properties ââŹ" similar to FEP. The whole construction is then double shielded by first enclosing it in a Mylar wrap to provide an additional dielectric buffer, before applying an active OFC copper shield for maximum rejection of high frequency interference. A durable, heat-resistant PVC outer jacket gives a high degree of flexibility and mechanical strength.
Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Taylor, William C., PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Company, "Practically Radical" is a manifesto for change and a manual for making it happen--in an era when change is the name of the game. Businesspeople everywhere are engaging in a dramatic "rethink" of how they lead, work, and get results. In an age of fierce competition and stubborn recession, the status quo just doesn't cut it. But how do you break new ground when there is so much pressure to do things the same way as everyone else? Using his years of experience and thought leadership in the business world, the cofounder and founding editor of one of the world's most admired business magazines, "Fast Company," offers radical ideas and practical advice to help you fix what's wrong with your organization, launch new initiatives with the best chance to succeed, and rethink the logic of leadership itself. "Practically Radical" goes deep inside twenty-five for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations to find out how they've made remarkable strides in tough circumstances. They include IBM, Zappos, Swatch, the Girl Scouts, Interpol, big-city hospitals, fast-growing banks, and high-flying airlines. These organizations have answered the make-or-break questions facing leaders in every field: Do you see opportunities the competition doesn't see? The most successful organizations embrace one-of-a-kind ideas in a world filled with me-too thinking. Do you have new ideas about where to look for new ideas? Practices that are routine in one field can be revolutionary when they migrate to another field. Are you the most of anything? Companies used to be comfortable in the middle of the road. Today, the middle of the road is the road to ruin. Are you getting the best contributions from the most people? It may be lonely at the top, but change is not a game best played by loners.
Genders 24: On Your Left: The New Historical Materialism
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kibbey, Ann / Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi / Siegel, Carol, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, In these spirited and powerfully written essays, a new generation of intellectuals makes its mark, challenging conservatives and liberals alike to chart a new course for a responsible politics in contemporary society. A new intellectual movement on the left emerges here. No longer trapped by the old polarizing antagonism between Marxism and feminism, these authors demonstrate as never before the need for an awaremess of gender as it affects every aspect of our society. At the same time, these paradigmatic essays map out a new terrain for feminist thinking, one that fully recognizes the complex workings of gender and leaves oppositional feminism far behind. In the keynote essay, Ambivalence as Alibi, Rosemary Hennessy challenges the most basic assumptions of postmodern sophistication to forge a compelling sytheseis of political, economic, and artistic theory. Betty Joseph, Jennifer Brody, and Poonam Pillai break through the shibboleths of Western liberal tolerance to describe gender inequalities that are intrinsically inter-cultural. Eileen Cleere demonstrates that novels are an important source for understanding how people interpret the economic conditions in which they live, linking social history and literary criticism in a provocative new way. Bridget Elliott uncovers the unusual social and artistic imagination of Marie Laurencin, an artist who was both working-class and avant-garde, and who makes us rethink basic assumptions of artistic form in the visual representation of women. Laura Lyons, analyzing the no-wash protest among IRA prisoners, discovers a new kind of political protest that draws on performance art and the discourse of the body for its political symbolism. And Joseph Litvak, in a highly suggestive critical reading, makes us wonder if the New Historicism may possibly owe its greatest debt to the charming young men of Jane Austen's fictitious world. > go to the Genders website] Acquista Ora
Greek Mind/Jewish Soul: The Conflicted Art of Cynthia Ozick
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Strandberg, Victor H., PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press, Since the s, Cynthia Ozick's stories, novels, and essays have gradually earned high critical acclaim. Victor Strandberg's "Greek Mind/Jewish Soul" is a comprehensive study of this exceptionally gifted author, correlating her creative art and her intellectual development. Strandberg devotes considerable attention to Ozick's struggle to maintain her Jewish religion and culture within a society saturated with Christian and secular values. By examining the influence of Western philosophical and literary traditions on Ozick and her particular social circumstances, Strandberg is able to ask larger questions about the merit of Ozick's work and its place within American literature. Strandberg begins by chronicling the cultural dilemmas of Ozick's early life. The daughter of struggling immigrant parents, Ozick sometimes endured anti-Semitic ostracism from classmates in the New York public schools. But even as she deeply immersed herself in her Judaic heritage, avidly learning Hebrew and studying Jewish history, she found the Gentile heritage irresistible, beginning with fairy tales in childhood and graduating to George Eliot, Edith Wharton, and Henry James. Her studies in Latin likewise awakened a love for classical literature that impinged powerfully upon her books, particularly "Trust" and "The Pagan Rabbi." By drawing on a range of sources, including his own ten-year correspondence with Ozick, Strandberg illuminates Ozick's thinking on volatile issues that troubled her during her formative years, including feminism, the Holocaust, and Jewish cultural survival. Strandberg then offers a close reading of her books and poems in chapters on "Trust, The Pagan Rabbi, Bloodshed," and "Levitation" and presents an astute analysis of her later novels, "The Cannibal Galaxy, The Messiah of Stockholm," and "The Shawl." After reviewing all the critical material written to date on Ozick, Strandberg concludes by rendering his own assessment of Ozick's literary achievement. He considers how "Jewish" her work is, how "American" it is, and finally, how major her seat is at the table of the canonized.
The Power of Purpose: Living Well by Doing Good
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Temes, Peter S., PUBLISHER: Three Rivers Press (CA), "The Power of Purpose" begins with a simple but remarkable statement: "The more you focus on helping others, the more you will succeed in reaching your own goals." Peter S. Temes builds on this fundamental insight to share a simple plan for living with the truest and most enduring kind of happiness. At the heart of "The Power of Purpose" are the "three levels of thinking." At the first level, we ask, Who am I? and What do I want? At the second level, we ask, Who do other people think I am? How do I look to them? But the real magic happens when we hit the third level, forgetting about ourselves and asking the questions that lend a powerful sense of purpose to our lives: How do others look to themselves? How can I help others become the people they want to be? To help us along the way, Temes, who teaches humanities at Columbia University, draws on the wisdom of great thinkers including Aristotle, Soren Kierkegaard, and Abraham Lincoln; the life lessons of great achievers ranging from Mother Teresa to Michael Jordan; and home truths he's gathered from his parents, his grandparents, and his three children. From all these sources and from his own life of great personal accomplishment, Temes identifies the essential knowledge that brings people happiness and success. He cites Aristotle's notion that happiness is not a psychological state but a moral one, resulting from doing good in the world. Temes also believes in the pivotal importance of trust and team-building in every area of life, from the family to the workplace to the street corner. "The Power of Purpose" is a map for finding the confidence and power, the opportunities and occasions, and--most important--the techniques and strategies for centering your relationships and work on helping others. It is a book with a point of view: the clearest path to your own success and happiness lies in helping others get to where they want to go. "From the Hardcover edition."
Cross-Platform GUI Programming with Wxwidgets
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smart, Julian / Hock, Kevin / Csomor, Stefan, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, ""This book is the best way for beginning developers to learn wxWidgets programming in C++. It is a must-have for programmers thinking of using wxWidgets and those already using it.""-Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Software and the Open Source Applications FoundationBuild advanced cross-platform applications that support native look-and-feel on Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and even Pocket PC Master wxWidgets from start to finish-even if you've never built GUI applications beforeLeverage advanced wxWidgets capabilities: networking, multithreading, streaming, and moreCD-ROM: library of development tools, source code, and sample applicationsForeword by Mitch Kapor, founder, Lotus Development and Open Source Application FoundationwxWidgets is an easy-to-use, open source C++ API for writing GUI applications that run on Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and even Pocket PC-supporting each platform's native look and feel with virtually no additional coding. Now, its creator and two leading developers teach you all you need to know to write robust cross-platform software with wxWidgets. This book covers everything from dialog boxes to drag-and-drop, from networking to multithreading. It includes all the tools and code you need to get great results, fast. From AMD to AOL, Lockheed Martin to Xerox, world-class developers are using wxWidgets to save money, increase efficiency, and reach new markets. With this book, you can, too.wxWidgets quickstart: event/input handling, window layouts, drawing, printing, dialogs, and moreWorking with window classes, from simple to advanced Memory management, debugging, error checking, internationalization, and other advanced topicsIncludes extensive code samples for Windows, Linux (GTK+), and Mac OS XAbout the CD-ROM The CD-ROM contains all of the source code from the book; wxWidgets distributions for Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and other platforms; the wxWidgets reference guide; and development tools including the OpenWatcom C++ compiler, the poEdit translation helper, and the DialogBlocks user interface builder. (c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
Fame (Firstborn Series-Baxter 2, Book 1)
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Karen Kingsbury, PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, #1 "New York Times #1 "Wall Street Journal #1 "Los Angeles Times #1 "Entertainment Weekly #1 "Publishers Weekly Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Time for a change, Stephanie thinks. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making the sign of the cross. So Stephanie Plum quits. Resigns. No looking back. No changing her mind. She wants something safe and normal. As it turns out, jobs that are safe and normal for most people aren't necessarily safe and normal for Stephanie Plum. Trouble follows her, and the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now. Her past has come back to haunt her. She's stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers at the button factory, Kan Klean Dry Cleaners, and Cluck-in-a-Bucket, Stephanie takes an office position in security, working for Ranger, the sexiest, baddest bounty hunter and businessman on two continents. It might not be the job she'll keep for the rest of her life, but for now it gives her the technical access she needs to find her stalker. Tempers and temperatures rise as competition ratchets up between the two men in her life---heron-again, off-again boyfriend, tough Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and her bad-ass boss, Ranger. Can Stephanie Plum take the heat? Can you? Between the adventure and the adversity there's attitude, and Stephanie Plum's got plenty in her newest misadventure, "Eleven on Top.
ICT Manager settore Aeronautico
Quanta Tech, specializzazione "Aerospace, Defence & Shipbuilding", ricerca per importante azienda cliente operante nel settore aeronautico un ICT Manager. La risorsa si occuperĂ di assicurare lâimplementazione della strategia di sviluppo delle tecnologie ICT dellâazienda e garantire la gestione del team ICT, finalizzata ad ottenere performance ottimali del sistema e dei servizi agli utenti. In particolare si occuperĂ di: - Assicurare lo sviluppo e la gestione sullâERP aziendale - Assicurare la sicurezza informatica dellâazienda - Assicurare la definizione ed amministrazione di piani di emergenza (disaster plan) per garantire il corretto funzionamento dellâazienda in caso di crisi - Assicurare la definizione di logiche e metodi per lâaggiornamento e lo sviluppo del software aziendale - Diagnosticare e risolvere problematiche ERP relative ad hardware, software, accesso utente - Consigliare nuove funzionalitĂ o modifiche alla configurazione/flussi di lavoro in base al feedback degli utenti - Coordinare e supervisionare l'aggiornamento del sistema ERP interfacciandosi sia lato utenti interni che consulenti esterni Il candidato ideale deve possedere i seguenti requisiti: - Laurea in informatica/ingegneria informatica o similari - Esperienza ultraquinquennale in ruoli di responsabile ICT, maturata per almeno il 30% in aziende manifatturiere - Esperienza almeno biennale nel ruolo di ICT Manager, preferibilmente in azienda manifatturiera - Esperienza nellâintroduzione di sistemi ERP - Buona conoscenza della lingua Inglese - Conoscenza completa dell'architettura di rete e della tecnologia client /server - Conoscenza delle logiche di sicurezza informatica - Conoscenza delle tecniche di sviluppo software - Process analysis, description, improvement and automation - Conoscenza degli ambienti di produttivi con particolare riferimento al sistema di produzione discreta; (preferenziale lavorazioni meccaniche di precisione) - Conoscenza di base dei flussi ERP dei dipartimenti amministrativi e commerciali - Conoscenza approfondita dellâambiente server WINDOWS - Conoscenza approfondita della struttura database SQL e relativo linguaggio - Conoscenza dei principi di sicurezza delle base dati - CapacitĂ di scrivere documentazione e procedure operative standard - CapacitĂ di analizzare e risolvere i problemi del sistema ERP segnalati dagli utenti - Apprezzata la conoscenza del sistema ERP INFOR CSI, MES COMPAS - Problem finding e problem solving tecnico organizzativo - Pianificazione e controllo risorse umane e tecniche - CapacitĂ di comunicazione e leadership - Visione dâinsieme, âstrategic thinkingâ e doti analitiche - Team Working - Competenze di team e project management Si offre contratto a tempo indeterminato. Sede di lavoro: Provincia di Torino
Corporate Communications: Theory and Practice
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cornelissen, Joep, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), A welcome and important addition to the limited writing already available on corporate communication. The book focuses correctly on the strategic management perspective necessary for an understanding of this area. It will be of enormous help to practitioners and academics in their quest to understand what may well be the most important functional area for most corporations in the coming years' - "Paul A Argenti, Professor of Management and Corporate Communication, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, USA " This is the text that practitioners, academics, and students in corporate communications have been waiting for. The book is accessible, comprehensive and is well balanced in discussing both theoretical and practical perspectives upon corporate communications. It is simply a must-read for those who want to be at the cutting edge of corporate communications' - "Phil Harris, Professor of Marketing, University of Otago and International Director of the European Centre for Public Affairs in Brussels " Corporate Communications provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the subject including: the criticality of the function; strategies and activities involved; and how it can be managed and organized properly. The book incorporates current thinking and developments on these topics from both the academic and practitioner worlds, combining a comprehensive theoretical foundation with numerous practical insights to assist managers in their day-to-day affairs and in their strategic and tactical communication decisions. Illustrative examples and case studies are truly international; based on companies in the United States, United Kingdom, continental Europe and elsewhere. The book provides: insights into the nature of the corporate communication profession; the issues that define this profession; the strategies and activities that fall within its remit; and the ways in which it can be managed and organized in companies and agencies alike. It addresses three important questions: - What is corporate communications, and how can it be defined? - What strategies and activities are central to this profession? - What is the organizational location, status and role of this profession? Important issues (e.g. corporate social responsibility, stakeholder management, integrated communications, reputation management) in managing and organizing corporate communications are all discussed, providing practising managers with appropriate concepts, theories and tools to make better management and communication decisions. Readers will gain a greater appreciation and a more in-depth understanding of the range of topics covered in corporate communication management as well as a means to organize their thoughts about those topics.
The Digital Photography Book: The Step-By-Step Secrets for
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kelby, Scott, PUBLISHER: Peachpit Press, Scott Kelby, the man who changed the "digital darkroom" forever with his groundbreaking, #1 bestselling, award-winning book "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, " now tackles the most important side of digital photography--how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks today's top digital pros use (and it's easier than you'd think). This entire book is written with a brilliant premise, and here's how Scott describes it: "If you and I were out on a shoot, and you asked me, 'Hey, how do I get this flower to be in focus, but I want the background out of focus?' I wouldn't stand there and give you a lecture about aperture, exposure, and depth of field. In real life, I'd just say, 'Get out your telephoto lens, set your f/stop to f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away.' You d say, 'OK, ' and you'd get the shot. That's what this book is all about. A book of you and I shooting, and I answer the questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I've learned just like I would with a friend, without all the technical explanations and without all the techno-photo-speak." This isn't a book of theory-it isn't full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts: this is a book of which button to push, which setting to use, when to use them, and nearly two hundred of the most closely guarded photographic "tricks of the trade" to get you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful, more professional-looking photos with your digital camera every time you press the shutter button. Here's another thing that makes this book different: each page covers just one trick, just one single concept that makes your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you'll learn another pro setting, another pro tool, another pro trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. There's never been a book like it, and if you're tired of taking shots that look "OK," and if you're tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, "Why don't my shots look like that?" then this is the book for you. Acquista Ora
Josh
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ross, Eileen, PUBLISHER: Royal Fireworks Publishing Company, Colorado, . Orphaned eleven-year-old Josh and his five-year-old sister Maribelle have come from St. Louis to a small farming town to live with childless Aunt Abigail and Uncle Caleb. Josh brings with him the shame of his father's past, and his own guilt that he is ashamed of the father he feels he is supposed to love. Josh also fears that someone will find out about his father and think that he, Josh, will grow up to be just like him. Inside, Josh wonders if he will. Josh dearly loves little Maribelle from whose innocence and love he draws strength. Uncle Caleb expects hard work and offers little praise. Aunt Abigail is all kindness. He wants to send the children to a foundling home in Cheyenne. She points out that it is not Christian to punish the children for their father's deed. Widow McClendon, intelligent, respected and obviously once very beautiful, employs Josh to do "chores." He enjoys being around her. She speaks with him, understands him, and because she, too, has a secret--she is the sister of the town's historic, infamous outlaw she knowingly counsels him about freedom from family guilt. Josh's days are filled with thinking his every action is universally scrutinized, trying to please his uncle on the farm and his teacher in school, and dealing with the aggressive school bully, Harlow. Josh's mettle and kind spirit are apparent throughout the story: his concern for his sister's well-being, his rescue of a puppy from certain death by freezing in the river, his concern for sick Uncle Caleb and his ability to handle both Caleb's farm chores and his own, his rescue of Harlow from a raging fire. While sitting with sleeping, sick Caleb one night, Josh writes to him from hisheart about his feelings. Later, unable to find time to complete a homework assignment for Thanksgiving, he submits the letter--a letter of hope to God from a child. All is resolved in time for Thanksgiving. Josh's "paper" is read at the town meeting as the best assignment where the teacher deems his work the village's Thanksgiving theme--looking back on the blessings of the past year and ahead to blessings which await us. Uncle Caleb recants: the children can stay. Harlow extends a hand of friendship. This is a superbly crafted story balancing action and contemplation.
Walden and Civil Disobedience
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thoreau, Henry David, PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co Inc, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. edition. Excerpt:...I purposely talked to him as if he were a philosopher, or desired to be one. I should be glad if all the meadows on the earth were left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men's beginning to redeem themselves. A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture. But alas the culture of an Irishman is an enterprise to be undertaken with a sort of moral bog hoe. I told him, that as he worked so hard at bogging, he required thick boots and stout clothing, which yet were soon soiled and worn out, but I wore light shoes and thin clothing, which cost not half so much, though he might think that I was dressed like a gentleman (which, however, was not the case), and in an hour or two, without labor, but as a recreation, I could, if I wished, catch as many fish as I should want for two days, or earn enough money to support me a week. If he and his family would live simply, they might all go a-huckleberrying in the summer for their amusement. John heaved a sigh at this, and his wife stared with arms a-kimbo, and both appeared to be wondering if they had capital enough to begin such a course with, or arithmetic enough to carry it through. It was sailing by dead reckoning to them, and they saw not clearly how to make their port so; therefore I suppose they still take life bravely, after their fashion, face to face, giving it tooth and nail, not having skill to split its massive columns with any fine entering wedge, and rout it in detail;--thinking to deal with it roughly, as one should handle a thistle. But they fight at an overwhelming disadvantage, --living, John Field, alas without arithmetic. and failing so. "Do you ever fish?" I asked. "Oh yes, I catch a mess now and then when I am lying by; good perch I...
The View: Heart Over Mind, Mind Over Matter: From Conan
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Patrick, Dave, PUBLISHER: Polair Publishing, Twenty-NINE influential thinkers present their own 'vital messages' about the changes that are happening and the changes that must happen as we move fully into a new world consciousness. Symbolic of the changes is the year , the year the ancient Mayan Calendar simply ends. It is probably best to think of it, though, as the great symbol of a new beginning. THE VIEW adds greatly to our understanding about this watershed, beginning from the simple question, 'How do we take charge of the change?'.THE VIEW also offers a look forward and back at what has led us to the brink of a new spirituality in life -'heart over mind': the movement that was once called simply 'the New Age'. It begins with one of the world's great pioneers. In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published a call to the world to take up the challenges death and the afterlife offered, and acknowledge a spiritual framework wider than any church then offered. He called his book THE VITAL MESSAGE, and from the start he made at changing people's consciousness much of the inspiration of other writers has unfolded. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of his birth, on 22nd May . The 'Aquarian Age', another term for our evolving consciousness, is radical in its ideas: distrustful of large organizations, thriving when it works in small groups, respectful of diversity and counter-cultures. It is also faced with dramatic new problems - sustainability in a threatened world, for instance - and huge intellectual opportunities, such as the new physics. THE VIEW makes it plain that while we may harness science, science cannot do without the simple human understanding that comes from the heart. The new spirituality is thus personal, but it is authentic.In different ways the contributors to THE VIEW take up today's opportunities and challenges with great insight. They suggest ways in which humankind may now move forward, and describe some of the discoveries and innovations which may reshape our lives in years still to come. Chapters cover Conan Doyle, Spirituality, Health, Community, Future-thinking and Business.Contributors include Neale Donald Walsch, Ervin Laszlo, Peter Russell, Owen Dudley Edwards, Gaye Mack, Roger Straughan, Drew Pryde, Colum Hayward, Darrell Mann, James Baltzell, Errol Weiner, A&K Laszlo and Hunter Lovins.
Killer Cure
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bewley, Elizabeth L., PUBLISHER: Dog Ear Publishing, Killer Cure will change forever how you think about your health and health care. Leaving conventional wisdom in the dust, Killer Cure reveals startling and unforgettable insights: Why health care in America accidentally kills people each week -- even though every doctor and nurse you know is terrific Why health care's hidden assumptions about you are almost certain to damage your health -- and what you can do about it Why health care's focus on solving yesterday's problems may reduce life expectancy in the U.S. -- by as much as five years Why you might want to become CEO of your own health and health care -- and how to go about it The root cause of America's health care crisis is that health care is not about you. Health care is not designed to help you enjoy good health. It is designed to help doctors take action: write prescriptions, perform surgery, etc. That focus hurts you in two ways: First, those actions are likely to damage you nearly as often as they help you because of side effects, complications, and other problems with care delivery. For example, hospital ICUs (Intensive Care Units) have a remarkable number of characteristics in common with prison camps for terrorist suspects. People die needless deaths as a result. Second, the focus on actions the doctor takes crowds out actions you could take that would often get you better outcomes. For example, more than people a year get a foot or leg amputated instead of learning simple ways to prevent foot infections in the first place. To get better results, the health care system first needs to embrace a new purpose: to enable people to lead the lives they want. Three further changes are necessary: The first is a social revolution akin to freeing the slaves or granting women the right to vote. With this revolution, the health care system will no longer treat the people it serves as if they were second-class citizens whose intelligence, values, priorities, and needs can safely be ignored while others call the shots. The second is more realistic expectations about what health care can deliver. The third is management of health care as a process -- connecting the dots among actions that are uncoordinated today. Killer Cure provides a tool kit to help you safeguard your life until these changes take place. Before closing, the book makes surprising predictions concerning a future in which health care is about you. At the end of Killer Cure is a Readers' Discussion Guide. It is offered to aid you in thinking about and discussing both the book and your own health care experiences.
Project Manager - AMBITO ASSICURATIVO
EiSWORLD è una societĂ di consulenza informatica nata nel con sede a Torino, Milano, Roma e Francoforte. Operiamo in ambito ICT presentando unâofferta personalizzata grazie a risorse altamente qualificate e costruendo soluzioni ad hoc secondo le esigenze dei singoli clienti. La nostra offerta comprende consulenza professionale, formazione, progetti âchiavi in manoâ e soluzioni innovative che spaziano dalle applicazioni web alla progettazione grafica, dal Mobile alla comunicazione integrata e multimediale. Il nostro payoff  âdigital thinking, human feelingâ riflette la nostra vision aziendale dove il pensiero digitale si fonde con lo spirito delle persone. Lâeccellenza delle nostre persone è il nostro valore aggiunto infatti investiamo continuamente nei nostri giovani talenti cogliendone potenzialitĂ e aspirazioni. Visita il nostro sito per scoprire di piĂš sulla nostra realtĂ Â www.eisworld.eu EiSWORLD è alla ricerca di un Project Manager da inserire presso un cliente Leader del settore assicurativo e risk management. La risorsa si occuperĂ di: Raccolta e gestione delle change request seguendo lâavanzamento dellâimplementazione Traduzione requisiti e specifiche in progetti per l'area IT Gestione dei contatti con il fornitore nellâavanzamento dello sviluppo software Pianificazione delle fasi del progetto e dellâattivitĂ Definizione dei casi di test, supporto tecnico-funzionale e stesura documentazione Gestione attivitĂ di training Assistenza post go-live I l candidato ideale è laureato in discipline tecnico-scientifiche, ha maturato una precedente esperienza, anche breve, nel ruolo di Project Manager su progetti ICT, in ambito assicurativo. La posizione richiede: - Laurea in discipline tecnico-scientifiche - Pacchetto Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project) - Pregressa esperienza in attivitĂ di analisi e raccolta dei requisiti in ambito assicurativo - Buona conoscenza della lingua inglese Sede di lavoro: Milano Completano il profilo entusiasmo, proattivitĂ , professionalitĂ , predisposizione al lavoro in team e orientamento al risultato. Garantiamo retribuzione ed inquadramento contrattuale commisurati all'esperienza,  attenzione all'individuo, un ambiente giovane, informale e stimolante. In EISWORLD troverai un ambiente giovane e stimolante dove poter sviluppare appieno le tue potenzialitĂ . Seguiamo i nostri dipendenti nel loro sviluppo professionale con percorsi formativi ad hoc  tramite la nostra EIS Accademy, colloqui obiettivi  annuali e successive interviste di follow up, inoltre offriamo un career path  ben definito per incontrare le ambizioni dei nostri collaboratori e organizziamo costantemente eventi di team building  con lo scopo di costruire relazioni volte ad accrescere il senso di appartenenza dei dipendenti dellâazienda. UNISCITI ALLA NOSTRA AVVENTURA, per candidarsi invia il tuo CV aggiornato all'indirizzo mail: , citando nell'oggetto âPM-MI"
Stage HR recruiter - Torino
EiSWORLD è una societĂ di consulenza informatica nata nel con sede a Torino, Milano, Roma e Francoforte. Operiamo in ambito ICT presentando unâofferta personalizzata grazie a risorse altamente qualificate e costruendo soluzioni ad hoc secondo le esigenze dei singoli clienti. La nostra offerta comprende consulenza professionale, formazione, progetti âchiavi in manoâ e soluzioni innovative che spaziano dalle applicazioni web alla progettazione grafica, dal Mobile alla comunicazione integrata e multimediale. Il nostro payoff âdigital thinking, human feelingâ riflette la nostra vision aziendale dove il pensiero digitale si fonde con lo spirito delle persone. Lâeccellenza delle nostre persone è il nostro valore aggiunto infatti investiamo continuamente nei nostri giovani talenti cogliendone potenzialitĂ e aspirazioni. Visita il nostro sito per scoprire di piĂš sulla nostra realtĂ Â www.eisworld.eu EiSWORLD è alla ricerca  ricerca per il nostro staff interno un/a Tirocinante Psicologo (tirocinio professionalizzante per lâabilitazione alla professione) settore Risorse Umane da inserire presso i nostri uffici di Torino. La risorsa andrĂ a ricoprire il ruolo di assistente alle attivitĂ HR con particolare focus sulla selezione del personale, svolgendo principalmente le seguenti mansioni: Ricerca e selezione del personale:  creazione e gestione dei canali di reclutamento, screening cv, colloqui di selezione Redazione CV formato aziendale Gestione database aziendale Supporto all'area commerciale nelle attivitĂ di ricerca candidati  Sono richiesti i seguenti requisiti: Laurea in psicologia del lavoro o materie umanistiche; Forte passione per la selezione del personale e per le risorse umane; Buone doti organizzative, comunicative e relazionali; Orientamento al risultato e buona resistenza allo stress; Conoscenze informatiche e passione per le nuove tecnologie IT; Buona conoscenza della lingua inglese Sede di lavoro:  TORINO. In EISWORLD troverai un ambiente giovane e stimolante dove poter sviluppare appieno le tue potenzialitĂ . Seguiamo i nostri dipendenti nel loro sviluppo professionale con percorsi formativi  ad hoc  tramite la nostra EIS Accademy, colloqui obiettivi  annuali e successive interviste di follow up, inoltre offriamo un career path  ben definito per incontrare le ambizioni dei nostri collaboratori e organizziamo costantemente eventi di team building  con lo scopo di costruire relazioni volte ad accrescere il senso di appartenenza dei dipendenti dellâazienda. Per candidarsi inviare il proprio CV aggiornato all'indirizzo mail: , citando nell'oggetto âJR_BDâ. La nostra offerta rispetta le norme sulle paritĂ di trattamento in materia di occupazione e di condizioni di lavoro (L., L., D.Lgs. e D.Lgs. ). Tutte le candidature devono essere accompagnate dall'autorizzazione al trattamento dei dati personali e saranno gestite ai sensi del D.Lgs .
First Do No Harm: Being a Resilient Doctor in the 21st
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rowe, Leanne / Kidd, Michael, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Australia, Rediscover the joy of being a great doctor "All would gain from reading this timely and thoughtful book from two of the acknowledged intellectual leaders of the profession."--Professor Trisha Greenhalgh OBE, University College London. 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW "It is clearly appropriate for physicians around the world....This is an extraordinary one-of-a-kind book for all clinicians as they take time to consider where they are and where they are going in their everyday lives. Well done "--"Doody's Review Service" Advance praise for "First Do No Harm": "A challenging book for the thinking doctor "--Professor John Murtagh, AM (from the foreword)..". medical practice can make for a stressful life and most doctors tend to dodge, rather than confront this impact. "First Do No Harm" starts with the preliminary 'do no harm to your own health as doctor'."--Professor Chris van Weel, President, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) "This is a wonderful resource that will make a real difference to the health and effectiveness of medical practitioners. Finding balance and building resilience are challenges for us all in our busy lives and this is just what the doctor ordered."--Chris Mitchell, President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners "The perfect personal prescription for the busy doctor."-- Professor Deborah Saltman, AM, Brighton and Sussex Medical School. "This inspiring book calls for a more supportive medical culture to assist us to become more resilient doctors."--Dr. Gabrielle Casper, immediate past chair of the Medical Women's International Association "First Do No Harm" provides medical practitioners with information and resources on strategies for self care as an essential element of their professional life. It aims to encourage medical practitioners to recognize and discuss the challenges facing them, promote self care as an integral and accepted part of the professional life of medical practitioners, and assists medical practitioners to develop useful strategies for self care. Rowe and Kidd explore the too often ignored issue of physician self-care and highlight the dangers of ignoring this problem. It is a timely examination of the troubles doctors the world over face regarding their work-life balance and receiving mental health care. The statistics surrounding physician self harm are alarming and even as early as , physicians in England noticed that a higher suicide rate occured among physicians when compared to the general population. This trend has certainly persisted to the present day, with female doctors at particular risk. This excessive risk of suicide among female doctors illuminates the need to tackle issues of stress and mental health experienced by doctors. With their extensive medical and professional experience, the authors have created a legacy to be